Michael Broomhead

A business has vowed to bounce back after one of its factories near the M1 in Derbyshire was engulfed by flames.

Investigations are ongoing to establish the cause of the major blaze at the Wanzl warehouse on Sawpit Lane, Tibshelf.

The factory was ravaged by the fire, which sent a huge plume of smoke spiralling into the air and over the motorway.

Tony Barber, director of operations at Wanzl, which makes shopping trolleys, said: “While a plastic products store and showroom have been destroyed on the eastern side of the building, our main storage facility is intact and we will re-commence normal operations during the course of the week.”

Nobody was injured in the incident.

Firefighters from Alfreton, Bolsover, Shirebrook, Clay Cross, Mansfield and Ashfield were called to the blaze – next to junction 28 of the M1 – at about 3.30am on Tuesday.